Creating a "kill current session" shortcut in Tmux
Is it possible to create a shortcut in Tmux which would kill current session? Typing "kill-session -t mysession" is not very convenient
I imagine something like
bind X kill-session -t $currentsesion
what I do not understand how to let bind know which session is current.
After playing around I found that I can make following shorcut which behaves the way I want:
- Kills current session
- Leaves all other sessions intact
bind X confirm-before "kill-session -t ''"
This solution seems to work but also looks like a hack. I hope there is a better way to do this.
EDIT
As pointed out in the comments, omitting the -t parameter will cause tmux to automatically use the current session so the code could also be shortened to:
bind X confirm-before kill-session
You can define shortcuts for tmux by editing ~/.tmux.conf, and supplying a suitable bind-key line. The manual page shows some examples.
For additional reading:
- Overriding tmux shortcuts
- A tmux Primer
- screen to tmux: A Humble Quick-start Guide